Secondly, mercy is also the just response of the struggling Christian believer toward God.
Therefore, every form of God’s righteousness to man is a form of mercy and love for him, after all the Lord was “led like a lamb to the slaughter” (Isaiah 53:7) and died for us on the Cross. In the Holy Scripture it states, “He shall receive blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation” (Psalm 24:5). Mercy has many different forms and many spiritual dimensions.įirstly, mercy reveals the compassion of God toward man. I would like to focus on one particular Beatitude which is “Blessed are the merciful, for they will obtain mercy” (vs.
It implies the enviable state of those who are in God’s heavenly Kingdom. Each beatitude reveals how to be blessed. Our Holy Orthodox Church considers them as the most concise summary of the spiritual life of man. On the way there we ought to recall Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount and specifically His Beatitudes. Our spiritual journey, however, continues to reach the glorious Pentecost at which time we will celebrate the descend of God the Holy Spirit and the bestowing of the fullness of the grace upon His holy Disciples. Our personal encounter with our Risen Lord and Savior throughout the Lenten season but especially throughout Great and Holy Week and His triumphal Resurrection, we are filled with uncontainable joy and peace. My beloved brothers and sisters in our Risen Christ,
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